Understanding DSM-5 Criteria for PTSD: A Disorder of Extinction
Associate Vice-Chair of Clinical Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine
Director, Emory Healthcare Veterans Program
Director, Emory Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program
Paul A. Janssen Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology
Key Points
- The DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for PTSD includes an outside event: the trauma.
- The subcategories include symptoms of intrusion, avoidance, negative alterations in cognitions and mood, and marked alterations in arousal and reactivity.
- The DSM symptoms of PTSD are part of the normal response to trauma.
